North Gwinnett's Bill Stewart High School’s head football coach was a finalist for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award. Bill Stewart was nominated by the Atlanta Falcons after North Gwinnett High won the Class 7A state high school football title over Colquitt County High School with a dramatic last second field goal as time expired.

Stewart was one of only 32 high school football coaches from around the country competing for the award. Each coach was nominated by one of the 32 NFL teams. Representing the best at the high school level, Stewart and the rest of the coaches were nominated for the national award based on their character and integrity, leadership and dedication to the community, commitment to player health and safety and on-field success.

Don Shula Award nominees were invited and honored at the 2018 Pro Bowl in Orlando. The coaches participated in a special coaches’ clinic, enjoyed a VIP visit to Pro Bowl practices, and attended the USA Football National Conference.

The winner of the contest-- Los Angeles Rams nominee Robert Garrett of Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, California-- and the runner-up-- Seattle Seahawks nominee and Royal High School head football coach Wiley Allred of Royal City, Washington-- received $15,000 from the NFL Foundation, $10,000 of which will go to their high school’s football program.

The winner was selected by a panel of distinguished individuals which includes:

Pro Football Hall of Famer, Coach Don Shula – the winningest coach in NFL history

The final week of the regular season is finally upon us and many of the northeast Georgia regions feature several key matchups to either secure playoff berths, seedings, or both for the week of Jan. 29 to Feb 3...

Wrestling room upgrades, main gymnasium locker room upgrades, a stadium video board for the Brickyard, stadium synthetic turf, two video boards for the gymnasium, and a new Brickyard press box -- North Hall High School athletics is set for quite a facelift over the coming months.